Singapore

Employing Workers in

Singapore

Listed below is a summary of the regulation of employment in this economy, specifically as it affects the hiring and redundancy of workers and the rigidity of working hours.

The information appearing on this page was collected as part of the Doing Business project, which measures and compares regulations relevant to the life cycle of a small- to medium-sized domestic business in 183 economies. The most recent round of data collection for the project was completed in June 2011.

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Topic Answer
Difficulty of hiring
Fixed-term contracts prohibited for permanent tasks? No
Maximum length of a single fixed-term contract (months) No limit
Maximum length of fixed-term contracts, including renewals (months) No limit
Minimum wage for a 19-year old worker or an apprentice (US$/month) 0.0
Ratio of minimum wage to value added per worker 0.00
Rigidity of hours
Standard workday in manufacturing (hours) 8 hours (For employees earning less than S$1600/month, the normal workday in the absence of any agreement is 8 or 9 hrs., depending on the situation. Overtime is payable beyond these hours.)
Minimum daily rest required by law (hours) 12
Maximum overtime limit in normal circumstances (hours) Maximum 72 hours/month (or employees earning less than S$1600). (In the absence of exceptional circumstances, employer can only require employee to work 6 hours straight per day or 8/9 hours/day or 44hrs/ week, depending on contract.
Maximum overtime limit in exceptional circumstances (hours) 72 hours/month maximum
Premium for overtime work (% of hourly pay) 50%
50-hour workweek allowed for 2 months a year in case of a seasonal increase in production? Yes
Maximum working days per week 6.0
Premium for night work (% of hourly pay) in case of continuous operations 0%
Premium for work on weekly rest day (% of hourly pay) in case of continuous operations 100%
Major restrictions on night work in case of continuous operations? No
Major restrictions on weekly holiday in case of continuous operations? No
Paid annual leave for a worker with 9 months of tenure (in working days) 7.0
Paid annual leave for a worker with 1 year of tenure (in working days) 7.0
Paid annual leave for a worker with 5 years of tenure (in working days) 11.0
Paid annual leave for a worker with 10 years of tenure (in working days) 14.0
Paid annual leave for a worker with 20 years of tenure (in working days) 14.0
Paid annual leave (average for workers with 1, 5 and 10 years of tenure, in working days) 10.7
Difficulty of redundancy
Dismissal due to redundancy allowed by law? Yes
Third-party notification if 1 worker is dismissed? No
Third-party approval if 1 worker is dismissed? No
Third-party notification if 9 workers are dismissed? No
Third-party approval if 9 workers are dismissed? No
Retraining or reassignment obligation before redundancy? No
Priority rules for redundancies? No
Priority rules for reemployment? No
Redundancy costs (weeks of salary)
Notice period for redundancy dismissal (for a worker with 9 months of tenure, in salary weeks) 1.0
Notice period for redundancy dismissal (for a worker with 1 year of tenure, in salary weeks) 1.0
Notice period for redundancy dismissal (for a worker with 5 years of tenure, in salary weeks) 4.0
Notice period for redundancy dismissal (for a worker with 10 years of tenure, in salary weeks) 4.0
Notice period for redundancy dismissal (for a worker with 20 years of tenure, in salary weeks) 4.0
Notice period for redundancy dismissal (average for workers with 1, 5 and 10 years of tenure, in salary weeks) 3.0
Severance pay for redundancy dismissal (for a worker with 9 months of tenure, in salary weeks) 0.0
Severance pay for redundancy dismissal (for a worker with 1 year of tenure, in salary weeks) 0.0
Severance pay for redundancy dismissal (for a worker with 5 years of tenure, in salary weeks) 0.0
Severance pay for redundancy dismissal (for a worker with 10 years of tenure, in salary weeks) 0.0
Severance pay for redundancy dismissal (for a worker with 20 years of tenure, in salary weeks) 0.0
Severance pay for redundancy dismissal (average for workers with 1, 5 and 10 years of tenure, in salary weeks) 0.0
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